{"id":20571,"date":"2025-04-15T00:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20571\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T00:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:24:09","slug":"historic-or-hilarious-internet-divided-over-jeff-bezos-fiancee-lauren-sanchez-and-katy-perrys-10-minute-space-tour-watch-trending-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/20571\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic or Hilarious? Internet divided over Jeff Bezos\u2019 fiancee Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry\u2019s 10-minute space tour \u2013 Watch &#8211; Trending News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin made headlines once again as his fianc\u00e9e, Lauren Sanchez, alongside an all-female celebrity crew, including pop star Katy Perry and TV host Gayle King, went for a space ride on Monday (April 14). The brief suborbital mission aboard the New Shepard rocket marked another step in the evolution of space tourism, bringing high-profile names into a realm once reserved for trained astronauts.<\/p>\n<p>Launching from West Texas, the rocket reached an altitude of 107 kilometers, offering the passengers a few moments of weightlessness before returning to Earth \u2014 all within a 10-minute fully automated journey. Sanchez, a helicopter pilot and former journalist, personally selected her crew, creating a buzzworthy lineup for the quick voyage. Touched by the breathtaking view of Earth, Perry reportedly sang \u201cWhat a Wonderful World\u201d while floating in zero <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" id=\"event-\" href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/market\/gravity-(india)-ltd-share-price\/\" target=\"_blank\">gravity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/track_1x1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" style=\"display:none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Internet reacts to 10-minute space tour<\/p>\n<p>The internet lit up with reactions following the \u201chistoric\u201d Blue Origin launch. Oprah Winfrey, though not onboard, went viral for her expressive reaction clip that quickly made the rounds on social media. One user joked, \u201cObsessed with Oprah giving us another solid gold reaction clip and she\u2019s not even the one on the rocket. #BlueOrigin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just seems like an expensive <a rel=\"noamphtml noopener\" id=\"event-\" href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/auto\/new-cars\/kia\/carnival\/\" target=\"_blank\">carnival<\/a> ride to me. \ud83d\ude44<br \/>Will Blue Origin be doing any real space missions anytime soon?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karl Isern (@kheinzjr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kheinzjr\/status\/1911801138262814952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">Ye kaunsi bus hai jo space ke darshan kara rahi hai. <\/p>\n<p>Live: Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos&#8217; fianc\u00e9e Lauren Sanchez back on Earth after space rendezvoushttps:\/\/t.co\/ofrCoOPBfX<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arya (@paharganj2paris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paharganj2paris\/status\/1911779282860544509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">obsessed with oprah giving us another solid gold reaction clip and she\u2019s not even the one on the rocket <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blueorigin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#blueorigin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BLl6JE0NKI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BLl6JE0NKI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tiger b (@tiger_brooke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tiger_brooke\/status\/1911781714386395279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Katy Perry\u2019s brief journey also became meme material, with one viral comment quipping, \u201cKaty Perry going to space for 11 minutes \u2014 why\u2019d I think it was gonna be like an entire month?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">katy perry going to space for 11 minutes whyd i think it was gonna be like an entire month <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XBFnzldR42\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XBFnzldR42<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 joey (@emmarobcerts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emmarobcerts\/status\/1911774224160633018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Helicopter pilot and former TV journalist Lauren Sanchez led the all-female celebrity crew aboard the fully automated flight. Joining her were pop superstar Katy Perry, \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d host Gayle King, producer Kerianne Flynn, aerospace engineer and STEM advocate Aisha Bowe, and Amanda Nguyen, an astrophysicist-turned-human rights activist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis marks a significant milestone not just for commercial space travel, but for humanity and women everywhere,\u201d Perry told the Associated Press ahead of launch. The mission stands out as the first U.S. spaceflight with an all-women crew\u2014something not seen since 1963, during the Soviet-era missions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin made headlines once again as his fianc\u00e9e, Lauren Sanchez, alongside an all-female celebrity crew,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3161],"tags":[13352,13364,13353,13368,13363,10111,13369,13366,12766,13367,3082,12767,1631,13365,12768,13361,13351,13360,7723,13355,13370,13371,7303,13372,13362,13354,53,16,15,13359,13356,13358,13357],"class_list":{"0":"post-20571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-10-minute-space-tour","9":"tag-aisha-bowe","10":"tag-all-female-crew","11":"tag-all-women-crew","12":"tag-amanda-nguyen","13":"tag-blue-origin","14":"tag-celebrity-spaceflight","15":"tag-commercial-space-travel","16":"tag-gayle-king","17":"tag-historic-spaceflight","18":"tag-internet","19":"tag-jeff-bezos","20":"tag-katy-perry","21":"tag-kerianne-flynn","22":"tag-lauren-sanchez","23":"tag-meme-material","24":"tag-new-shepard-rocket","25":"tag-oprah-reaction-clip","26":"tag-oprah-winfrey","27":"tag-space-launch","28":"tag-space-memes","29":"tag-space-mission-2025","30":"tag-space-tourism","31":"tag-space-travel-news","32":"tag-stem-advocate","33":"tag-suborbital-mission","34":"tag-technology","35":"tag-uk","36":"tag-united-kingdom","37":"tag-viral-reactions","38":"tag-west-texas-launch","39":"tag-what-a-wonderful-world","40":"tag-zero-gravity"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}